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Amaimon, demon Earth King, watched as a blond girl walked out of what looked like storage shed. She was dressed in a small summer kimono, and was walking around with gardening tools. She knelt to the ground in front of a small weed and with a small sigh started to pull it out, trying to get the roots. As she was facing the ground she heard a noise from the shed and upon looking over she saw her familiar, a small green man she had named Nii waving at something off in the trees. She rose to her feet and went to see what had captured her familiar's attention. Amaimon stilled as he saw her coming toward the tree he was sitting in.
"Sheimi" The girl's mother called from the door of the shop. "Is the weeding done?" When the girl, Sheimi turned to her mother she shook her head. "Then what are you doing?"
"I thought Nii-chan was looking at something over here and I wanted to see what had captured his attention. I will return to weeding in a moment Mother." Sheimi responded to her mother. She is a soft spoken girl and rarely found time for anything aside from helping in her mother's shop and attending cram school for exorcist students. She turned after looking into the trees for a few minutes and not finding anything, she sighed and returned to weeding the garden.
He let out a sigh of relief, when she turned away and began weeding the garden once more. He grimaced when he felt his phone vibrate in his back pocket. Moving stealthily and quickly he only picked up when he was out of sight and hearing range of the human. "Aniue, what is it?"
"Amaimon, I have a question for you." Mephisto said to his younger brother. "And no it doesn't have anything to do with Rin Okumura. It has to do with you constantly following around Sheimi Moriyama. What are your intentions with that human girl?"
"..." Click. Amaimon turned off his phone and replaced it in his pocket. He pulled out a lollipop and after unwrapping it he stuck it into his mouth. "I don't know what is going on, I need to follow her and keep her safe. I don't understand it myself." He said to no one in particular. He sighed and returned to watching the girl. Upon his return he noticed that the young green man had moved close to the girl and was riding on her head.
"Nii-chan, do you know how long I have been searching for the Garden?" She asked her familiar. "If I hadn't gone out that day, Grandma would still be alive." She started to cry. "She told me it was her dream to visit the Garden just as it was her mothers, and her grandmothers, all the way back to the time when humans were allowed to enter right before they died."
She sighed thinking about how she was foolish enough to think it would be nearby. "I wonder where the Garden of Amahara really is."
"Do you really want to know?" Amaimon asked the mortal girl who wanted to see his private garden. For as the Earth King the Garden of Amahara was his private garden. "Very few have seen it and lived to tell the tale." He warned when she turned to see how was speaking he moved out of sight, but close enough that she could hear him easily. "Why do you want to find it?"
"My grandmother was the one who told me of its existence and I would love to see it because I love nature. To see all the flowers in the world, all the plants, and to see the beauty of all that nature is my dream." She responded. "I just wish that I had waited to look until after all of the chores were done that day. If I had the grape vines wouldn't have fallen on my Grandmother and killed her." She said with tears in both her eyes and voice. "Then she could have met Nii-chan and I am sure they would have gotten along perfectly. I learned my love of nature from grandma after all."
"If someone you knew told you that they could take you there would you go? Even if the person offering was an enemy of one of your friends?" He inquired?
"As long as no harm was inflicted upon me or my friends then yes." She answered without hesitation. "But why would someone who is enemies with my friends want to help me?" She asked the mysterious person hiding close to her.
"I promise no harm will come to anyone you know. And it is because you love nature so much that I am willing to do this for you." Amaimon stated as he walked out of the shadows he was hiding in. "As the Earth King I don't see many humans who truly love nature as much as you."
"Earth King?" Sheimi's eyes went wide. "I remember you used me to get to Rin." She stated. "You taunted him by 'marrying' me, and then threatened to take one of my eyes out for one of your cousins." She started to back away from him. "Nii-chan?" She asked as her familiar moved toward the demon prince.
"Hello little one, you are kind of young for a familiar aren't you?" Amaimon asked kneeling to see the little Green man better.
"Nii" Nii-chan said waving his arms around happily at his king. "Nii, nii, nii." He proceeded to jump up and down making Sheimi giggle at his antics. Nii-chan turned toward her and ran up to her. He then proceeded to climb up her kimono and into her hair, stopping only to pat her face on the way to sit on the top of her head. Amaimon smiled to see his kin move so happily towards the young gardener.
"Well I have been properly scolded now." He smirked. "Your familiar just told me off for trying to hurt you." He chuckled. "Not that I would try it again."
"Why is that? Not that I want you to try it again, but I would like to know your reasoning." She blushed, "umm, what do I call you?"
"My name is Amaimon. And I find very few humans who truly love nature so why would I kill or maim one of the few I have met that would try to help my realm."
"What are you doing here Demon?" Sheimi's mother demanded when she came out to check on her daughter. "Get away from my daughter." She pulled out a holy water grenade. "Leave or I will douse you in Holy Water." She snarled.
"Mother, don't." Sheimi said jumping in between her mother and Amaimon. "He hasn't done anything to me or anything here. You don't have to be so rude."
"I don't think that my brother will harm the young lady." Mephisto said from the gate to the garden. "You shouldn't throw holy water around lightly. You might hit your daughter's familiar."
"With the green man being so young it would kill it right away." Amaimon stated.
"Nii!" the green man added his two cents.
"I won't let you hurt Nii-chan, Mother." Sheimi stated pulling the familiar close and holding him protectively.
"Alright already, I won't dose the area with holy water." She sighs. "Please come here Sheimi."
"Yes Mother?" Sheimi asked coming close to her. "Did you need something?"
"What is the point of having a familiar if you are a gardener?" The shop manager asked her daughter. "I don't see how it is helpful, or useful." She commented.
"Nii." the familiar seemed to be straining for a moment then a rare plant that they were needing in the shop grew out of its stomach.
"The green man spirits are capable of growing any plant need at any time." Amaimon informed them. "But it is only if they want to help that it will happen. No green man will ever work for an exorcise that doesn't care for nature."
"Amaimon-sama," Sheimi called calmly, "please release my mother." Amaimon released her with surprise in his eyes.
"Sorry, I didn't realize that I had grabbed her." He bowed slightly to the manager. "When it comes to nature I am protective." He reasoned. "I didn't hurt you did I?" He asked slightly concerned.
"No I am fine." She said. "Wait, YOUR Amaimon? As in the demon Earth King?" Her eyes widened and her face went pale. "Why are you here?" She asked in a small scared voice.
"I, as the Earth King, prefer to be around nature, so is it really all that hard to think that you would find me in a garden teaming with life?" He asked. "Aniue, what are you doing here?"
"Looking for you."
"What do you need?" Amaimon asked rolling his eyes.
"I was making sure you stayed out of trouble." Mephisto retorted. "Seeing as everything is fine I will leave you for now." With that he turned and walked off. "Manager, you seem to have customers." He threw over his shoulder.
"I will attend to them right away." She turned, "If you hurt my daughter, I will not hesitate to do everything in my power to get my revenge." She warned Amaimon.
"Amaimon-sama?" Sheimi called. "Are you feeling okay?" Amaimon turned towards her and for the first time actually looked her in the eye. He blinked.
"Your eyes are a beautiful shade of green." He complimented her. "It reminds me of fresh grass." Sheimi blushed at his compliments. "Also you don't have to speak so formally to me."
"How would you like me to address you then?" She asked carefully.
"No honorific is needed." He responded. "I would like to be friends." His eyes had a hopeful shine to them.
"Why would a demon king want to be friends with a human gardener that is training to be an exorcise?" Sheimi asked curiously. "Most people just ignore gardeners."
"I am not most people." Amaimon responded easily, making her smile. "And your familiar is happy with you being its tamer. He likes you enough to stand up to me, his king, for you. That in and of itself is amazing."
"Sure I will be your friend, Amaimon." She said her grin getting bigger. "Would you like to help me?" She asked. "I am trying to make sure all of the herbs and plants that are supposed be here are getting enough water by removing the ones that aren't."
"I know what weeding is." Amaimon smirked at her. "You didn't have to explain it to me."
"Amaimon, why did you seek me out to be friends?" She asked half an hour later.
"I don't know, I really don't know." He shook his head. "There is something about you that draws me to you. I don't understand it myself."
"Thank you for the help, today." Sheimi said quietly. "But I have school tomorrow so I need to go to bed now." She bowed slightly to the Earth King, "goodnight."
"Goodnight, Sheimi." Amaimon said as he turned and walked into the forest beside the shop and garden. "I will see you tomorrow."
"Goodnight, Mother!" Sheimi called out as she passed the house. Her mother came outside to look at her, "See you tomorrow."
"Goodnight dear." Her mother said softly. "Get some sleep. You know it was kind of funny to see you scolding the Earth King when he started to pull the wrong plants." She said with a slight laugh. She and Sheimi both separated and went to bed.
"Then we will meet again tomorrow, my Earth King." Sheimi whispered, not knowing that Amaimon could hear her.